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as in planting
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics
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as in embedding
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out
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Recent Examples of implanting
The surgical procedure involves implanting a complex, electrical device that allows deaf children and adults to hear.
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James G. Naples,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
Manipulations include everything from surgically removing key tissues to implanting beads soaked with signaling molecules to injecting DNA into cells to instruct them to make a different set of proteins.
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ArsTechnica,
20 May 2026
Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy and depression generally involves implanting an electrical stimulator in the left side of a patient’s chest, where the vagus nerve passes.
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Elizabeth Riley,
The Conversation,
26 Mar. 2026
Attorney Ben Ikuta claims that Acacio continued to perform medical procedures on patients while his license was suspended, including performing transfers and implanting embryos.
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Chelsea Hylton,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
Score and Mills, a Brevard County couple, sued IVF Life — which does business as Fertility Center of Orlando — last month for implanting Score with the the wrong embryo.
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Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Feb. 2026
The bill would prohibit the importation, sale, and offer of sale of pets that are transgenic, meaning they are created by implanting a gene from one species into another.
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Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
4 Feb. 2026
After implanting him with the device, a now docile Hank reveals that he's already released implanted people into the Wasteland — and that they've been given instructions.
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Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
There are also concerns about implanting even primitive embryo models created from stem cells into anything that resembles a human womb.
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Rob Stein,
NPR,
23 Dec. 2025
James G. Naples,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
Manipulations include everything from surgically removing key tissues to implanting beads soaked with signaling molecules to injecting DNA into cells to instruct them to make a different set of proteins.
—
ArsTechnica,
20 May 2026
Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy and depression generally involves implanting an electrical stimulator in the left side of a patient’s chest, where the vagus nerve passes.
—
Elizabeth Riley,
The Conversation,
26 Mar. 2026
Attorney Ben Ikuta claims that Acacio continued to perform medical procedures on patients while his license was suspended, including performing transfers and implanting embryos.
—
Chelsea Hylton,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
Score and Mills, a Brevard County couple, sued IVF Life — which does business as Fertility Center of Orlando — last month for implanting Score with the the wrong embryo.
—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Feb. 2026
The bill would prohibit the importation, sale, and offer of sale of pets that are transgenic, meaning they are created by implanting a gene from one species into another.
—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
4 Feb. 2026
After implanting him with the device, a now docile Hank reveals that he's already released implanted people into the Wasteland — and that they've been given instructions.
—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
There are also concerns about implanting even primitive embryo models created from stem cells into anything that resembles a human womb.
—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
23 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implanting
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Water them before planting if the pots have dried out.
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Drones offer a potential alternative cover crop seeding method by enabling interseeding of cover crops, the practice of planting one crop into another crop before harvest.
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Rather than advertising during the tournament, Olipop is embedding itself into the fan experience.
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That includes not just building the infrastructure powering the AI economy but embedding AI into how the business runs.
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Between June and November, thousands of humpback whales migrate through Brazilian waters, traveling roughly 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from their feeding grounds in the Southern Ocean to breeding and calving grounds off northeastern Brazil.
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Residents can also request a free backyard inspection from the department's Pest Management team to identify areas where mosquitoes may be breeding.
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The day after rooting on the soccer icon during his FIFA World Cup 0-0 match against Colombia at Hard Rock Stadium, Rodriguez partook in a little Me Time.
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Instead of rooting through your medicine cabinet to clean your leather, stick to cleaners specifically made for it.
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Human trafficking prevention Senate Bill 570 requires certain lodging operators to provide human trafficking awareness training to employees.
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There’s also fishing on the resort’s lakes, restaurants, cocktail lounges, and lodging options from standard guest rooms to four-bedroom cottages.
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“Implanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implanting. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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